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Archives for December 2022
The Republican candidate for Arizona governor has suffered another defeat — this time in court.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is where law goes to die.
After quickly amassing political and philanthropic influence, the former billionaire has been arrested for fraud.
Musk asked Twitter users if he should step down. A majority of them said yes.
It will likely soon pass with bipartisan support. Here’s what it would actually do.
The committee has changed the narrative about Trump’s actions following the 2020 election.
How studying what tickles our funny bone can help explain who we are.
Trump enacted the controversial policy during Covid-19. It’s set to end Wednesday unless the Supreme Court intervenes.
Former President Pedro Castillo is in jail. That’s nothing new in Peruvian politics.
Twitter’s previous management made some controversial political decisions. Some of them haven’t held up.
The Federal Reserve is again trying to raise interest rates without causing a painful recession.
Few things are actually scarce on the internet — but marketers don’t want you to know that.
Workers unionized, quit their jobs, and refused to go back to the office.
Sam Bankman-Fried and his crypto company FTX experienced a shocking downfall. Now, Bankman-Fried has been arrested in the Bahamas.
That fusion announcement is worth getting hyped about, but practical fusion is still a long way off.